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Photo on opposite page © Willy Spiller, 1992. Photo on this page © Dana Frank, 1993.<br />
his art has been shown in more than 190 exhibitions<br />
around <strong>the</strong> world, you'll have more luck finding his<br />
exquisitely airbrushed visions in magazines (Heavy<br />
Metal, Penthouse), on record covers (Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Debbie Harry, Steve Stevens,<br />
Carcass), and brought to three dimensional "life" in movies (Alien, Poltergeist II, Alien 3). So when you<br />
think <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> artist who created <strong>the</strong> magnificent, savage inter-galactic beasts that made your heart palpi-<br />
tate as you watched <strong>the</strong>m come to life on <strong>the</strong> silver screen, you've been touched by <strong>the</strong> un<strong>of</strong>ficial por-<br />
trait photographer <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Golden Age <strong>of</strong> Biology!<br />
Born Hans Rudi <strong>Giger</strong> (though don't ever call him that)<br />
on February 5, 1940, he is <strong>the</strong> artist who has combined<br />
<strong>the</strong> terrors from within and beyond mere human<br />
understanding with <strong>the</strong> blatancy <strong>of</strong> what was,<br />
is and might yet be.<br />
In <strong>the</strong> smoky psychic landscape where<br />
fear hunkers and horror grows rampantly<br />
like blood-fed crabgrass, H.R. <strong>Giger</strong><br />
vacations with a sketch pad, recording<br />
it all with unerring taste, precision and<br />
coolly detached matter-<strong>of</strong>-factness.<br />
<strong>Giger</strong> paid a rare visit to NYC to preside<br />
over <strong>the</strong> opening <strong>of</strong> a prestigious<br />
show <strong>of</strong> his art at <strong>the</strong> Alexander Gallery<br />
and also made a brief visit to a New Jersey<br />
tattoo convention to receive an award and much<br />
adulation. He seemed nonplused at <strong>the</strong> attention, fascinated<br />
by <strong>the</strong> act <strong>of</strong> tattooing (he'd never seen it done<br />
before), and pleased by <strong>the</strong> "life-<strong>of</strong>-<strong>the</strong>ir-own" that his<br />
biomechanical creations have taken on. With his tattoo<br />
book, H.R. <strong>Giger</strong> Under Your Skin, coming<br />
out in <strong>the</strong> near future, he has moved closer<br />
and closer to <strong>the</strong> tattoo community.<br />
While immersing himself in <strong>the</strong> "texture"<br />
<strong>of</strong> tattooing, so to speak, he has<br />
come to view that art with respect,<br />
admiration and awe, and he has been<br />
meticulously searching for quality<br />
photographs <strong>of</strong> every tattoo inspired<br />
by his work for his forthcoming book.<br />
He was also recently a judge at a Swiss<br />
tattoo convention.<br />
Now hear what he has to say about tattoos,<br />
his Watch Abart exhibition, <strong>the</strong> film<br />
industry, his projects in <strong>the</strong> works (like <strong>the</strong> sci-fi<br />
thriller Species) and more!<br />
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